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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 10:11 AM Aug 2018

Fact Checker: President Trump has made 4,229 false or misleading claims in 558 days

By Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly
August 1 at 3:00 AM

Because of summer vacation schedules, we had fallen a month behind in updating The Fact Checker’s database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president.

It turns out that’s when the president decided to turn on the spigots of false and misleading claims. As of day 558, he’s made 4,229 Trumpian claims — an increase of 978 in just two months. That’s an overall average of nearly 7.6 claims a day.

When we first started this project for the president’s first 100 days, he averaged 4.9 claims a day. But the average number of claims per day keeps climbing the longer Trump stays in office. In fact, in June and July, the president averaged 16 claims a day.

Put another way: In his first year as president, Trump made 2,140 false or misleading claims. Now, just six months later, he has almost doubled that total.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/08/01/president-trump-has-made-4229-false-or-misleading-claims-in-558-days/

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Fact Checker: President Trump has made 4,229 false or misleading claims in 558 days (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2018 OP
They are missing quite a few of his lies in their count. Shrike47 Aug 2018 #1
Trump lies 75% of the time Gothmog Aug 2018 #2
It's hard to believe he's truthful even 25% of the time ailsagirl Aug 2018 #24
It may be by accident Gothmog Aug 2018 #25
LOL ailsagirl Aug 2018 #29
The T Rump Lie Train is really picking up steam. From 5 lies a day to 16 lies a day. Mc Mike Aug 2018 #3
republican lies are dangerous for America Achilleaze Aug 2018 #4
K&R Scurrilous Aug 2018 #5
Fraud LIES 100% day and night. Cha Aug 2018 #6
#BLOTUS just keeps on lying, and lying, and lying, ... and the idiots believe K & R nt Persondem Aug 2018 #7
If Trump told the truth he'd be in jail, so he has to lie, or gaslight, or attack bucolic_frolic Aug 2018 #8
If there were such a thing as "math," you could say that the curve was exponentially increasing. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 #9
Math is a total fake. NCjack Aug 2018 #26
Now you're being irrational. Possibly hyperbolic as well. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 #27
He's a Lying King Wannabe BSdetect Aug 2018 #10
Fact Checker ... Jopin Klobe Aug 2018 #11
If you just believe hard enough, all his lies become truth. tclambert Aug 2018 #12
The scary part Jamaal510 Aug 2018 #13
His mental stability is getting worse duforsure Aug 2018 #14
You can see the deterioration True Blue American Aug 2018 #15
... And thats only on twitter... jcgoldie Aug 2018 #16
Pathological Liar! red dog 1 Aug 2018 #17
And no press conference in 534 days - main reason Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2018 #18
This psychiatrists explains his worsening mental state duforsure Aug 2018 #19
Pinocchio got nothing on the Orange Clown. djacq Aug 2018 #20
Maybe they should report only when he tells the truth. That would me a lot of test pattern. kairos12 Aug 2018 #21
Boink. Scurrilous Aug 2018 #22
7.6 a day? Sorry but my false o meter is screaming. KentuckyWoman Aug 2018 #23
I laugh hysterically each time one of his supporters claim he's doesn't lie and Baitball Blogger Aug 2018 #28
You have just hit the nail on the head.."don't understand what we're talking about" Stuart G Aug 2018 #30
It's a willful failure to engage the brain cells. Baitball Blogger Aug 2018 #31
Seems weird to have such an oddly specific number oberliner Aug 2018 #32
Everyone in the USA needs to read this article..k and r. Stuart G Aug 2018 #33
Lawrence O'Donnell ....................Trump lies............. turbinetree Aug 2018 #34
Its been 12 days since this OP was first put up LiberalLovinLug Aug 2018 #35
In actuality, I'm sure he's past the 10,000 mark. Lanius Aug 2018 #36

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
3. The T Rump Lie Train is really picking up steam. From 5 lies a day to 16 lies a day.
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 08:16 AM
Aug 2018

4229 lies in 18 months.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
4. republican lies are dangerous for America
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 08:19 AM
Aug 2018

republican lies are dangerous for America
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republican lies are dangerous for America
republican lies are dangerous for America

bucolic_frolic

(43,202 posts)
8. If Trump told the truth he'd be in jail, so he has to lie, or gaslight, or attack
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 10:26 AM
Aug 2018

To him, it's a patterned and well-honed natural choice

Jopin Klobe

(779 posts)
11. Fact Checker ...
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 02:37 PM
Aug 2018

... President Trump has made 4,229 false or misleading claims in 558 days ...

... and these are just the public statements ...

tclambert

(11,087 posts)
12. If you just believe hard enough, all his lies become truth.
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 10:14 PM
Aug 2018

The so-called "fact checkers" just hate believers. So it's really your lack of faith that's the problem.





Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
13. The scary part
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 11:02 PM
Aug 2018

about this is how he has been able to condition his cult to believe whatever he says even though he's a pathological liar. He tells them to not trust anything any non-RW media say about him, and that they're the "enemy", and FOX has them believing what they want them to. Critical thinking and intellectualism have gone out the window in the GOP.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
14. His mental stability is getting worse
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 01:29 AM
Aug 2018

And just watch this video of a John Hopkins psychiatrist taking about what he is suffering from. On You Tube search Psychiatrist: Trump mental Urgently Deteriorating from an interview on The David Pakman Show, and its worth a watch.

True Blue American

(17,986 posts)
15. You can see the deterioration
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 06:24 AM
Aug 2018

And the whole group around him is covering for him. They are trying desperately to assure the American people while still covering.

How long is it going to take to get one brave soul to stand up and say,” This President is mentally ill and needs to be taken down!”

red dog 1

(27,821 posts)
17. Pathological Liar!
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 04:40 PM
Aug 2018

He lied all through the 2016 presidential campaign.
He even lies about little things.
When asked about his "sniveling" during his first debate with Hillary, he denied that he was sniveling, or had a cold, and blamed the sniveling sound on a "bad microphone"
But he was sniveling during the second debate as well.
Another "bad mic"?

djacq

(1,634 posts)
20. Pinocchio got nothing on the Orange Clown.
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 04:36 AM
Aug 2018

Orange Clown's nose would surpass be a sequoia (redwood tree) by now.

KentuckyWoman

(6,688 posts)
23. 7.6 a day? Sorry but my false o meter is screaming.
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 12:19 PM
Aug 2018

the man is probably awake at least 10 hrs a day. Translating to at least 40 lies a day. And that would be absolute minimum.

Not a chance Mango can get 15 min without a lie.

If he drags it out of bed before noon one day to go play pattyfingers with Vlad then plan on a minimum of 200 lies that day.

Baitball Blogger

(46,744 posts)
28. I laugh hysterically each time one of his supporters claim he's doesn't lie and
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 04:44 PM
Aug 2018

don't understand what we're talking about.

Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
30. You have just hit the nail on the head.."don't understand what we're talking about"
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 12:15 PM
Aug 2018

Why don't they understand? His supporters do not want or care about Trump telling those lies
.... They do not want to understand....

The deep down Trumpers, those that will follow him forever, are like the true followers of Hitler and every other dictator that has ever lived or will live. The follower's "hate" is Trump's "hate." It is one of the same.

Baitball Blogger

(46,744 posts)
31. It's a willful failure to engage the brain cells.
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 12:21 PM
Aug 2018

Now, what do we do to protect ourselves from willfully abject stupid people? That's the big question.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
32. Seems weird to have such an oddly specific number
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 12:23 PM
Aug 2018

I think folks can just report that he lies constantly, provide a few of the most obvious examples, and the point is made.

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